New York’s fall potato production slips slightly

New York farms are forecast to have produced 3.98 million cwt (hundredweight) of fall potatoes in 2018, down 1.4 percent from 4.03 million cwt in 2017, according to the Nov. 1 forecast production report from the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service.

New York potato producers harvested 14,200 acres of fall potatoes this year, off 1.4 percent from 14,400 acres last year, the agency said. The area planted was unchanged at 14,500 acres.

The estimated total yield per acre in the Empire State, as of Nov. 1, was 280 cwt in 2018, unchanged from 2017.

Nationally, U.S. farms produced an estimated 417.5 million cwt of fall potatoes this year, up more than 4 percent from last year’s production of 400.6 million cwt, according to the USDA.   

New York farms are forecast to have produced 3.98 million cwt (hundredweight) of fall potatoes in 2018, down 1.4 percent from 4.03 million cwt in 2017, according to the Nov. 1 forecast production report from the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service.

New York potato producers harvested 14,200 acres of fall potatoes this year, off 1.4 percent from 14,400 acres last year, the agency said. The area planted was unchanged at 14,500 acres.

The estimated total yield per acre in the Empire State, as of Nov. 1, was 280 cwt in 2018, unchanged from 2017.

Nationally, U.S. farms produced an estimated 417.5 million cwt of fall potatoes this year, up more than 4 percent from last year’s production of 400.6 million cwt, according to the USDA.